Friday, July 17, 2015

Roger Cook to testify in trial of Ben Fellows over Kenneth Clarke

Kenneth Clarke

Television investigator Roger Cook is to be a witness in the trial of a man accused of falsely alleging sexual assault by ex-minister Kenneth Clarke.

Benjamin Matthew Fellows, 40, an actor, is set to go on trial next week at the Old Bailey over the accusations that he made to police. Cook, who used to front The Cook Report, and Exaro's David Hencke are due to be witnesse in the case.

Clarke, a former cabinet minister and Conservative grandee, may also give evidence.

Ben Fellows alleged that Clarke sexually assaulted him during undercover filming for the Cook Report in 1994. Fellows was allegedly posing at the time as a 15-year boy during an investigation into political lobbying.